The immigration question turns on how we choose to view “the other” – with compassion or with fear. Explores how the US can preserve the integrity of sovereign borders while respecting the dignity of human beings. Draws on interviews with Minutemen, Border Patrol agents, Catholic nuns, humanitarian aid workers, left-wing protestors, ranchers, and other citizens in southern Arizona to identify two starkly opposed ideological perspectives on immigration. Religious activists embrace a biblically inspired hospitality that stresses love of strangers and a borderless compassion; law enforcement insists on safety, security, and strict respect of international borders. Rose seeks to reframe the debate with a more nuanced view.

(IMMIGRATION: COMPASSION VS. SECURITY * MEXICO-U.S. IMMIGRATION)

In the US and Europe, politicians, activists, and even some scholars argue that Islam is incompatible with Western values and that we put ourselves at risk if we believe that Muslim immigrants can integrate into our society. Uncovers the myths about Islam and Muslim integration into Western society and shows how exaggerated fears about Muslims misread history, misunderstand multiculturalism’s aims, and help right wing parties draw populist support by blaming Islam.

(MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS * ISLAM: MYTHS EXPOSED)

Recognizes the inseparable whole composed of material structures of the world and the structures of knowledge that govern what actions may be deemed legitimate and effective. For instance, the modern capitalist world economy was accompanied in the socio-cultural domain by a structure of knowledge that distinguishes facts from values, and institutionalizes a division between the sciences and the humanities. The current long-term structural crisis challenges this mindset: since the 1960s complexity studies in the natural sciences and cultural studies in the humanities have contested the boundaries separating the sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities.

(WORLD SYSTEM AND KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES * KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES * MISCELLANEOUS)

Assesses how well homeless people--many of whom suffer from serious mental illnesses--do when attempts are made to reduce their social isolation and integrate them into the community. Reexamines assumptions behind housing policies that support the preference of most mentally ill people to live alone in independent apartments. Shows that living alone reduces housing retention as well as cognitive functions, while group homes improve these critical outcomes.

(HOMELESSNESS * HOUSING * MENTAL ILLNESS)

A resource for professionals in the field of meteorology and emergency disaster management, on the economic impacts and social consequences of the approximately 1,200 tornadoes that touch down across the US annually. Evaluates the services and efforts to reduce casualties.

(DISASTER MANAGEMENT * TORNADOES)

In the midst of the Great Depression, American World Fairs gave hope to millions with visions of future progress. These grand expositions in New York, Chicago, San Diego, Dallas, Cleveland, and San Francisco showcased an optimistic, consumerist future society, and symbolized the Modernist message of progress through design. Discusses the impact of these international expositions, models and plans for “the houses and cities of tomorrow,” streamlined trains, modern furnishings and the first televisions. E-book available.

(MISCELLANEOUS * WORLD FAIRS OF 1930S)

Migrant workers make choices to better their lives, though the risk of ending up in a bad situation is high and abuse of both male and female migrants is possible in various areas of employment. Explores how migrants’ actual experiences in Dubai contrast with the typical discussions – and global moral panic – about human trafficking. Reveals the gaping disconnect between policies on human trafficking and the realities of forced labor and migration in the Persian Gulf. Calls for honestly defining what trafficking is – and is not – and to getting past stereotypes about trafficked persons to better understand the challenges migrant workers are living every day.

(HUMAN TRAFFICKING * MIGRANT WORKERS * DUBAI)

On the complicated relationship between immigration and homeland security, the future of immigration policy, and the demands of securing the homeland. Examines developments in immigration policy, especially since 9/11, and difficulties it presented for border security and immigration reform. (also e-book)

(BORDER SECURITY * IMMIGRATION)

Examines the current legislative and legal debates over immigration and settlement policies, and looks at the relationship between minorities and immigrants to explain how the public policy needs of immigrants are often confused with those of US-born minorities. Concludes by questioning whether the US would change the contract between the state and the immigrant, if the nation understood the kind of demands immigrants legitimately make.

(IMMIGRATION POLICY * MIGRATION)

There are now nearly four million children born in the US who have undocumented parents. Challenges conventional wisdom about undocumented immigrants, viewing them not as lawbreakers or victims, but as the parents of citizens whose adult productivity will be essential to the nation’s future. Undocumented parents share three sets of experiences that distinguish them from legal-status parents and may adversely influence their children’s development: avoidance of programs and authorities, isolated social networks, and poor work conditions. Fearing deportation, undocumented parents often avoid accessing valuable resources that could help their children’s development. Stresses the implications of this situation for immigration policy, labor law enforcement, and the structure of the community services for immigrant services. In sum, “the price for ignoring this reality may be too high to pay.”

(IMMIGRANTS RAISING CIITIZENS * IMMIGRATION)